May 2010
2 posts
Journalists are Schleppers
I recently discovered this American geezer called Michael Rosenblum. He has got very fresh ideas about how journalism should evolve in the internet driven world. Read his latest column: schlepper Hollywood Reporter last week said that “TV viewing in the home is at an all-time high, averaging 5.13 hours per viewer per day during fourth-quarter 2009 and more than eight hours a day for the...
May 8th
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Our new name: Ventanaz!
triplePmedia is old….Viva Ventanaz! Although we totally embrace all initiatives and projects that help the People & Planet and also generate some Profit, we felt the TripleP in our name didn’t quite suit us anymore. New Media New World, thats us. It goes beyond the 3 P’s. To us the 3P’s go wihtout saying: they belong to the New World, no question about that.  We...
May 7th
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April 2010
4 posts
The story on African internet empowerment goes on! →
We’re convinced: we’re all so ready to get to know the other face of Africa. Yet another publication:  “Africa drives Ferrari” on the Dutch Wereldomroep (Worldchannel) 
Apr 27th
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Cheeta's in De Standaard
We’re delighted that Belgium is picking up on the African cheeta’s too. Last Saturday our biggest story til so far appeared in national newspaper De Standaard. The economy page opened with it. We’re working on an overview of the cheeta-story; will get back soon!
Apr 19th
African Digital Revolution @RNW
Radio Netherlands Worldwide has posted our item about the Digital Revolution in Nairobi.Starring Mark Kamau of Nairobits and John Karanja of Africa’s social network site Whive.com  In 2007, the Ghanaian economist George Ayittey already talked about these so-called cheetah generation. One which unlike the older hippo-generation still being grumpy about colonialism and imperialism, is...
Apr 16th
Cheeta's in the news, again!
 We were frontpage news today!  Another article on African innovators, also known as the cheeta’s of Africa, appeared in Dutch national newspaper De Pers. Article by Stef and pictures by Jaap. Read here in Dutch:   De Pers - Dankzij internet is Afrika niet langer donker Read here in English: Thanks to internet, Africa is no longer dark
Apr 8th
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March 2010
7 posts
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Cheeta's in De Volkskrant
We’re very happy De Volkskrant decided to publish our story on the empowerment of the Africans thanks to the internet. You can read here in full screen:
Mar 25th
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Nairobi 2.0: Afrika rijdt Ferrari
…dit artikel staat ook op Frankwatching De mobiele telefoon en het internet zijn een revolutie voor Afrika. “Voorheen zaten we vast. Het internet is onze sleutel.” “Het is alsof ineens het licht is aangegaan in Afrika,” zegt Aly-Khan Satchu, oprichter van het online financiële platform Rich. “Lange tijd was het donker. Toen kwam de mobiele telefoon naar Afrika. De revolutie begon.” De...
Mar 12th
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Nairobi 2.0 I Openspace I Onepercentevent
Wie vorig jaar bij het openspace event van de 1%CLUB in Amsterdam was, hoef ik niets uit te leggen als ik zeg dat we vandaag op het www.eenprocentevent.nl in Nairobi zijn. Voor de rest: alle creatievelingen, innovators, jonge ondernemers, bloggers en social networkers van Nairobi zijn vandaag hier op de universiteit om met elkaar nieuwe oplossingen te bedenken voor oude problemen. We hopen dat...
Mar 12th
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Nairobi 2.0 I Het nieuwe werken
We’re happy! Our first article has appeared on www.frankwatching.com You can read it there, or here - and sorry for all you English readers out there: it’s in Dutch… Kenianen delen innovatieve internetideeën Het nieuwe werken heeft ook de weg naar Nairobi gevonden. In de iHub en de iLab is het adagium kennis is macht afgeschud, om plaats te maken voor delen, samenwerken en...
Mar 9th
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Stef has found a 'cheeta' at the iLab in Nairobi
This week Stef is exploring the world of Nairobi 2.0. She discovered the soon to be opened iLab, where young Kenians can share their creative, innovative ideas. Tonee Ndungu, manager of the iLab stimulates the iLabbers to share their knowledge and expertise, and participate into eachothers plans. The iLab will then help them to turn their ideas into a business. Tonee Ndungu wasn’t aware of...
Mar 8th
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S&J in Kenia - Just landed
We, Stef & Jaap are in Kenia right now to make reports on a new young generation of Kenians that work a lot with new/social media. Let’s see what’s going and investigate this new scene in Nairobi! Today Episode 1. Just landed in Kenia.
Mar 5th
Cheeta concurrentie
The Volkskrantbuilding in Amsterdam houses new entrepreneurs that operate in the creative, new media industry. Stef wants to know: do these young innovators feel any competition from their African counterparts?
Mar 5th
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February 2010
1 post
Kenia here we come!
Even een testje; ik zeg Afrika. Wat zeg jij dan? …. …. …. Oke, mijn beurt. Overbevolking. Hitte. Straatleven. Armoede. Aids & malaria. Kindsoldaten. Mijn god, wat een depressief lijstje. Had jij dat ook? Toch even een vrolijkere poging; kinderen rollend van het lachen in het zand, inheemse stammenkleuren en –geuren, zondagskerk in de openlucht, sunset beachvoetballen. Beter. Toch staat...
Feb 25th